Those are the elements Sturgis Library Director Lucy Loomis merges in photographs for her exhibit, “Horizon Light,” at the library on Route 6A through November. Postcard images for sale benefit Sturgis.

Donate your deckings for ornament sale

The Sturgis Library welcomes donations of gently used ornaments, decorations, candlesticks, dishes, glasses and home décor for its Home for the Holiday Sale. Donations, which don’t have to be holiday-themed, can be delivered to the library through Nov. 25 for the sale running Nov. 28 to Dec. 17.

Busy down at the station

Cape Cod Central Railroad will be running special trains from Sandwich Dec. 2 to 4 during that town’s holiday festival, and the destination is the West Barnstable train station. For details, go to www.sandwichhollydays.com/NPE.htm.

Bank on this boutique

The Barnstable Historical Society will hold its 2011 Holiday Boutique Dec. 2 and 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Dec. 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the W.F. Jones House, 3087 Main St. in Barnstable Village. More than 40 “select artisans and craftspeople” will participate.

See the tree

Osterville Historical Museum will host a Festival of Trees from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 9 and 10, complete with a silent auction.

A different kind of “rail” ticket

Tickets are being sold for the Cape Cod Chapter National Railway Historical Society’s raffle for a quilt handmade and donated by Marianne Boberg. They’re $5 each or three for $10, and the drawing is Dec. 14.

Master the computer, in the Mills

Remember the TV seer Criswell, who used to tell Johnny Carson that the future was important because, “whether we like it or not, that is where we will spend the rest of our lives?” If you’ve been putting off becoming computer-literate, the Marstons Mills Public Library has a whole mess of courses for you in the new year. Go to www.mmpl.org to check it out.

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